cyclonic, a.
(saɪˈklɒnɪk)
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a cyclone.
| 1860 Adm. Fitz-Roy in Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 226 A similar continuous circulation, or cyclonic commotion. 1868 Lockyer Heavens 54 A [sun] spot of the normal character, by no means cyclonic. 1880 Times 27 Sept. 5/12 A small cyclonic vortex had formed in the Bay of Bengal. |
So cyˈclonical a. = prec. cyˈclonically adv., after the manner of a cyclone. ˈcyclonist, cycloˈnologist, one who studies cyclones. cycloˈnology, the study of cyclones.
| 1881 J. G. Jeffreys in Nature XXIII. 300 A cyclonical storm. 1884 Nature XXX. 305 Towards and around this depression the winds blow cyclonically. 1882 E. D. Archibald ibid. XXVI. 31 The general incurvature of the winds in a cyclone, which was formerly altogether denied by the cyclonists—so-called—Reid and Piddington. 1860 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xix. §789 The cyclonologists do not locate their storms in such high latitudes. 1860 Adm. Fitz-Roy in Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 355 Any person acquainted with cyclonology. |